Asian American
Institute for
Public Policy
A nonprofit public policy organization
dedicated to advancing equality and
full participation for Asian Americans
Immigration
A recent KFF/New York Times survey provides a rare, comprehensive look at the views of immigrant voters on immigration enforcement as the Trump administration continues efforts to ramp up detentions and deportations on a mass scale.
The partisan identity of immigrant voters is mixed, with one quarter (25%) identifying as Republicans, just over a third (36%) identifying as Democrats, and four in ten saying they are either independent (34%) or don’t identify with either major U.S. political party (5%).
The Trump Presidency
One year into his second term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating average stands at 42.8% approve and 54.8% disapprove, according to RealClearPolitics average of polls (1/8 – 1/22).
His net approval has gone from +6.2% on January 27, 2025 to -7.1% on July 22, 2025, and to -12.0% on January 22, 2026.
None of the individual polls in January 2026 shows a positive net approval.
2026 Midterm Elections
When asked who they would be most likely to vote for in a hypothetical congressional election, voters’ responses in nine January 2026 polls indicated that Democratic candidates were consistently flavored by two to six percentage points.
The RCP average of these polls shows 45.7% for Democrats to 41.2% for Republicans.
AAIPP Surveys
The First 100 Days of President Donald Trump’s Second Term:
Views of AAPI Voters (May 2025)
2024 Post-Election Survey
(November 2024)
AAPI Voters Shifted Rightward in their Presidential Vote Choice and have Mixed Views on Policy of Mass Deportation of Undocumented Immigrants
Immigration is driving the nation’s modest post-pandemic population growth, new census data shows.
AAIPP’s policy interests cover several broad areas - Select published opinion writings on key policy matters are welcome for the purpose of informing and encouraging thoughtful policy discussions.
AAIPP Bulletin
Published eleven times a year, this data - driven newsletter covers the latest of certain pressing national policy issues and their implications to Asian Americans.
AAPI Adults Identify Priorities and Expectations for 2026
AAPI Data / AP-NORC (January 22, 2026)
Beyond MAGA: A Profile of the Trump Coalition
More in Common (January 2026)
The New GOP: Survey Analysis of Americans Overall, Today’s Republican Coalition, and the Minorities of MAGA
Manhattan Institute (December 1, 2025)
AANHPI Homeownership and Wealth-Building Trajectories
Urban Institute (January 27, 2026)
Expiring ACA Premium Tax Credits Could Lead to Nearly 340,000 Jobs Lost Across the U.S. in 2026
The Commonwealth Fund (October 16, 2025)
Post-COVID Economic Recovery for Low-Income AA and NHPIs
National CAPACD (July 30, 2025)
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2024
U.S. Census Bureau (September 3, 2025)
More Students Than Ever Learning Asian American History as 23 States Adhere to Asian American History Requirements
Committee of 100 (August 28, 2025)
Racial Attitudes Among Asian American Parents and Their Influence on School Choice
Tiffany Wu, Adriana Villavicencio, Verenisse Ponce Soria
Harvard Educational Review (December 10, 2024)
Prevalence and Trends in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Middle‐Aged South Asian Adults Compared with Other Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States: A Longitudinal Analysis of 2 Cohort Studies
Journal of the American Heart Association (February 11, 2026)
Americans’ Challenge with Health Care Costs
KFF (Dec. 11, 2025)
Reduced immigration reduced population growth for the nation and most states
The Brookings Institution (February 11, 2026)
Unleashing Power in New Ways: Immigration in the First Year of Trump 2.0
Migration Policy Institute (January 13, 2026)
Macroeconomic Implications of Immigration Flows in 2025 and 2026: January 2026 Update
Brookings (January 13, 2026)
Interracial Cooperation in the United States
The Brookings Institution (February 18, 2026)
The public is skeptical about the effectiveness of DEI initiatives
AP-NORC (July 31, 2025)
The State of Anti-AAPI Hate in 2024
Stop AAPI Hate (June 2025)
How Much Discrimination Do Americans Say Groups Face in the U.S.?
Pew Research Center (May 20, 2025)
Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future
Dan Wang
Norton (August 26, 2025)
China’s Sanctions Gambit: Formal and Informal Economic Coercion in the Second Trade War
Audrye Wong, Viking Bohman, and Victor Ferguson
The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (June 18, 2025)
Negative Views of China Have Softened Slightly Among Americans
Pew Research Center (April 17, 2025)
From Translations to Chatbots: AANHPI Community Perspective on the Impact and Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (February 11, 2026)
State of AANHPI Charitable Giving
AAPI Data (February 10, 2026)
Baby Boomers Are Turning 80: A closer look at the generation that reshaped America
Brookings Institute (January 7, 2026)
Support
Acknowledgement
AAIPP’s work has been generously supported by the C.J. Huang Foundation and individual donors.
Ways to Give
AAIPP welcomes general-purpose contributions as well as designated gifts for specific purposes such as a research project, a policy/research fellowship, the monthly AAIPP Bulletin, etc. All contributions are tax deductible. For further details, please contact Cao O at cao@aaipp.org
About Us
Amplify Asian American Voice & Thought Leadership
The Asian American Institute for Public Policy (AAIPP) is a nonprofit public policy organization dedicated to advancing equality and full participation for Asian Americans. It works to amplify Asian American voice and thought leadership to address community concerns and to contribute pragmatic solutions to vital social, economic, and political issues in America. Through an inclusive perspective and a balanced approach, AAIPP seeks to promote reasoned dialogue and informed policy discourse that is guided by data, empirical research and critical analysis.
